Engelbert v. Flanders

CLARK, Judge.

In this medical malpractice suit, defendants had a verdict from the jury and plaintiffs-claimants appeal. Affirmed.

The points raised by appellants are limited to claims of error in rulings by the trial court on objections to closing arguments. The facts of the case therefore need only be stated briefly to place the closing arguments in the perspective of their context at the time the questioned rulings by the trial judge were made.

Plaintiffs’ decedent, Steven Engelbert, noted a suspicious body abnormality in August, 1977, and sought advice from defendant Dr. Flanders. Engelbert…